High nutrient intake during the early postnatal period accelerates skeletal muscle fiber growth and maturity in intrauterine growth-restricted pigs.
Liang HuFei HanLin ChenXie PengDaiwen ChenDe WuLianqiang CheKeying ZhangPublished in: Genes & nutrition (2018)
The present findings suggest that high nutrient intake during the suckling period could improve skeletal muscle growth and maturity, which is associated with increasing the expression of protein deposition-related genes and accelerating the development of glycolytic-type myofiber in pigs.